!['Yavapai County Sheriff Buckey O’Neill (third from left) had his horse shot out from under him during a gunfight near Wah Weep Canyon in Utah, yet he and his posse still scared the outlaws into surrendering. Those bad men were four cowboys who had robbed an Atlantic & Pacific train at Canyon Diablo Station, a railhead that serviced Prescott, Arizona.
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Wyatt Earp gazes across the Colorado River toward Arizona in this 1925 snapshot. After having lived 77 years on the frontier, he no doubt had plenty to reflect on.
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During the group’s brief existence, from 1901 to 1909, Harry Wheeler became the leader of the Arizona Rangers in 1907. Prior to that, Ranger rules of conduct had not been written down. As the only Ranger promoted through every rank, he had a unique understanding of how his fellow Rangers behaved. The captain is shown standing behind his men in Willcox, Arizona.
– True West Archives –
Yavapai County Sheriff Buckey O’Neill (third from left) had his horse shot out from under him during a gunfight near Wah Weep Canyon in Utah, yet he and his posse still scared the outlaws into surrendering. Those bad men were four cowboys who had robbed an Atlantic & Pacific train at Canyon Diablo Station, a railhead that serviced Prescott, Arizona.
– Courtesy Sharlot Hall Museum –
Quanah Parker was the eldest of three children his white mother had with her Comanche husband Peta Nocona. She was forced to leave her two sons behind when she was recaptured by the Texas Rangers, but one look at this photograph reveals the strong love that her eldest son had for his mother.
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No one knows if Nikola Tesla ever wirelessly transmitted the lightning power from his Colorado Springs laboratory to Pikes Peak.
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